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1.17 | Rebroadcast | Adolescents: Independence on Steroids
The Summer Theme - Parents promoting responsible, age-appropriate independence & avoiding futile power struggles.
These themes are relevant, whatever the age of your child.
Adolescents present unique challenges for parents. For example, the reactive push for independence can be triggering for parents. In this podcast, Jenny reveals how parent efforts to correct behaviours can inadvertently reinforce a conflict cycle that can fuel a teen's physiological reward system: (sensation seeking). An overview of adolescent brain development makes sense of this reward system.
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